Drop-handle for boxes.



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Patellted NOV. 11, 1913.

S. B. FIELD.

DROP HANDLE FOR BOXES.

APPLmATloN FILED 1111111.20, 191s.,

1,078,49 1. Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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LI/linesses Inventor:

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Y" UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

y SAMUEL B. FIELD, or Hammock, MAssAoHUsETTs, AssIeNoE or oNEoUnTH To lPNEUMATIC SCALE CGRPORATION, LIMITED, OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, .A COR-PCJRA'J.IO1\T OF MAINE, AND THREE-F0 MASSACHUSETTS.

The invention relates to a drop handle for a box inwhich the handle isfulcrurned in a recess formed in the wall of the box to receive it sothat there will be no projecting portion of the handle whenvit is in itsdrop position. It is especially adapted for use on the sides or ends ofthe box, where handles are employed on two opposite ends of the box. ltis specially intended for use on boxesv or shipping` cases in which thepanels are formed with inner and outer walls of metal, although notintended to be limited to boxes of that form of construction.

For the purpose of illustration and description of the `invention theinventionis shown in the drawings as applied to a panel of a double walltype of box above referred to.

The invention will be fully understood from the'following descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novelfeatures will be pointed out and clearly dened in the claims at theclose of the specification.

`In the drawings,-Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a box panelwith a handle embodying the invention, the handle being shown in thedrop position. Fig. 2 is `a section on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anend view Vof the panel `and handle shown in Fig. 1, viewed` from theleft of Fig. 1. Fig. d is a section on line t-t of Fig. 1, as it willappear when the handle is turned up into position for lifting the box.Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig; l looking to the fright ofFig. 1. Fig. 6 is a plan of a blank sheet of Inetal blankedont in flatform which is to be formedinto the bearing plate for the hinge pin ofthe handle. Fig. 7 `is a plan of thebody portion ofthe handle before itis assenibled with the filling portion. Fig. 8 is an end view oftheportion shown in Fig. `7. iFigQ is a plan of the filling portion of thehandle. Fig.` 1()l is an end view of the `portion shown in Fia. 9. l.

speciacanon of Letters raient.

DROP-HANDLE FOR BOXES.

ratentednov. 11, 1913.

i, Application filed March 20, 1913. Serial No. 755,607.

Referring now to the drawingsfthe body of the panel A comprises an innerplate 1, an outer plate 2` and a corrugated strengthening and stiifeningplateB interposed between the inner and outer walls of the panel, thecorrugated plate, as will be seen, contacting alternately with the innerand outer wall vplates 1, 2. The outer wall plate 2 is formed with adepression l to UBJTHSTQ WILLIAM H. DOBLE, 0F QUINCY,

serve as a recess in which the handle and its bearings lie when thehandle is in its drop position. The bearing plate is formed by anintegral sheet of metal 5 blanked ont and cut as shown in Fig. 6. Theblank has a portion cut out forming an open space 6 ofV a slit 8extending into the metal from the The blank isthen y lower end of thespace 6. shaped up by dies or other suitable means whereby theintermediate portion 9 between each pair of slits 7, 7 and the portionbelow the slits is bent back and the portions 10, 10 on the outer sideof the slits 7, 7 and the portion above the upper ends of the slits `isbent out with relation to the intermediate portion 9, as particularlyshown in Figs. 1 and 5, so that the rounded out portions 10, 10 and therounded in portion 9, form bearings for the hinge pin 11 of the handle.The `portions 12, 13a on either side of the neck of the space '6 arebent out at right angles to the `face of the plate, forming flanges 12,13 for stiensoV ing the body of the plate 5. The flanges 12` i areshorter than the flanges 13 because the flanges 12 being on the innerside of the handle have to allow space for the handle to swing downagainst the plate. The lower end of the flange 13 along the slit 8 `iscut at an angle so that it can fit against the inclined wall 22 of therecess in plate 5 so as lto secure the greatest amount of stiffness. Thepor- `tion of the blank above the head of the space 6, of a width aboutequal to the width of the space 6, is pressed out so that it forms anoutwardly projecting stop member 14 whose lower end engages the handle Bwhen the handle is turned up asin Fig. i. The upper ends 12, 13b of theside portions; 12?, 13"` The'handle B is formed of two sheets of' metal15a, 1GDL blanked out as shown in Figs. 7 and 9, each having anintermediate portion and two arm portions at substantially right anglesto the vniiddle portion. The body 15 of the handle is formed of theblank 15, shown in Fig. 7, having its side edges bent up to forni sideflanges or lips 17, 18 and the blank 16a shown in Fig. 9 has its edgesturned down forming downwardly projecting flanges 19, 20 `which areadapted to fit inside of Lthe flanges 17, 18 of the body portion 15forming a filling 1G to give a smooth, finished appearance to thehandle. The body portion 15 has the ends of its arms curled into rolls21, 21 through which the hinge pin 11 passes.

.the reverse direction.

turning of the handles, if there is any extra strain on the handle itwill tend to curl the knuckles more completely instead of tending touncurl them, and the greater the vs trailnthe more it will tend to curlup.

he bearing plate lits closely into the recess 4. in the panel and shouldbe secured therein in some suitable manner. The preferred form is bywelding it to the wall plate.

Vhat I claim is:

1. A. drop handle for a box or the like comprising a bearing plateformed with a plurality of knuckle bearings, a handle portion having twoarms each curled at the end to form 'a bearing which lits into aninterval between knuckle portions of the bearing plate, the knuckleportions of the bearing Aplate being interal with the body of the plateand struck up therefrom, each of said bearings comprising two struck upportions projecting from one face of the plate at a distance apart fromeach other, the intermediate portions :between said two struck upportions being struck up in the lopposite direction, and a hinge pin.which passes through said knuckles of the bearing plate and bearings ofthe. handle.

2. A drop handle for a box or the like comprising a bearing plate formedwith al plurality of knuckle bearings struck up from the plate andintegral therewith, a

handle portion having two arms each curled at the end to form al bearingAwhich fits .into an interval between the bearing portions of saidplate, and a hinge pin which passes .through said bearing portions ofthe.plate and handle, said bearing plate being formed with pressed outportions which project outwardly trom the face of the plate beyond thebearings and form stops which are adapted to engage'the upper tace ofthe handle to limit the upward turning thereof.

3. A drop handle for a lbox or the `like comprising a bearing plateformed with a plurality of knuckle portions integral therewith, a handleportion having two arms each curled at the vend to form a bearing whichfits into an interval between knuckle portions of the bearing plate,saidbearing port-ions of the handle being curled from the back upwardand then over toward Vthe front, and a hinge pin which passes throughthe upper portions of the plate and of the handle.

1, A drop handle for a. box or the like comprising a bearing plateformed with a It will be Seen from Fig. 4 thatl the; knuckle portionsare curled upwardly, then; over to the front instead of being curled inl lt will thus be evident that when the box is lifted by the handies,the downward pressure of the weight` being against the upward lift onthe han-E dles, although the stop 14 limits the upward plurality ofknuckle portions integral therewith, a. handle portion having two armseach curled lat the end to form a bearing which lits into an intervalbetween knuckle Vportions of the bearing plate, said bearing portions ofthe handle each being curled from the back upward and over toward thefront, a hinge pin which passes through the bearing portions of theplate and of the handle, said bearing plate being formed with portionspressed outwardly toward the front which project outwardly beyond theface ot the bearing plate and are adapted to engage the upper face ofthe handle when the handle is lifted to a horizontal position.

5. A drop handle for a box ror the like comprising ay bearing plateformed with a plurality 'of pairs of parallel slits, the intermediateportion between each pair of parallel slits being bulged out in onedirection and the portions at the outer sides of said slits being bulgedout in the opposite direction to form bea-rings vintegral with theplate, a. handle portion having arms curled at each end to form bearingswhich fit into intervals between two of the said plate bearings Vand ahinge pin which passes through said bearings of the plate and thebearings of the handle portion.

f6. In combination with a box having al wall comprising an inner and anouter plate spaced apart from each other, the outer plate being formedwith a depression to receive a dro handle, a bearing plate secured ltothe said outer wall plate outside of the depression, said bearing platebeing shaped to form a plurality of ear-s curled tn form knucklebearings which project over said depression in the wall pxlate, yahandle portion having two arms eaccurled at the end to form a barrelwhich lits into an interval between knuckle portions of the bearingplate, and a hinge pin which passes through said knuckle portions of thebearing plate and through the barrel portions of the handle7 said handlebeing adapted to swing on said hinge and to drop into said depression inthe wall plate.

7. In combination with a box having a wall comprising an inner and anouter plate spaced apart from each other, the outer plate being formedwith a depression to receive a drop handle, a bearing plate secured tothe said outer wall plate outside of the depression, said bearing platebeing shaped. to form a plurality of ears curled to form knucklebearings which project over said depression in the wall plate, a handleportion having two arms, each curled at the end to form a barrel whichlits into an interval between knuckle portions of the bearing plate, ahinge pin which passes through said knuckle portions of the bearingplate and through the barrel portions of the handle, said handle beingadapted to swing on said hinge and to drop into said depression in thewall plate, said bearing plate being also formed with pressed out flangeportions which project over the upper side of the barrels of the handlesand form stops which limit the upward turning of the handles.

8. A drop handle for a box or the like comprising a bearing plate formedwith a plurality of knuckle portions struck up from the body of theplate and integral therewith, a handle portion having two arms eachcurled at the end to form a bearing which fits into an interval betweentwo knuckle portions of the bearing plate, a

kies and the bearing portion of the handle, said bearing platebeingslotted and `formed with lange portions-struck up therefrom andprojecting outwardly from the face o the bearing plate on opposite sidesof the arms oi the handle.

9. A drop handle for a box; or the like comprising aV bearing plateformed with a plurality of knuckle portions, a handle portion having twoarms each curled at the end to form a barrel which iits into an intervalbetween two knuckle portions of the bearing plate, a hinge pin whichpasses through said knuckles of the bearing plate and the barrels of thehandle, said bearing plate being formed with open spaces and with turnedup flange portions on opposite sides of the open spaces which serve asstiffening members for the plate, said iianges being formed with concaveupper ends which project over the bearings 4for the hinge pin.

ln testimony whereof I alfiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL B. FIELD. lVitnesses:

HELEN M. PuncnLL, ALICE H. MORRISON.

copies of this patent may be obtained for veicents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

4o hinge pin whichV passes through said knuc-

